EnergyReader · 2026-08-03 23:08

China's Tungsten Grip Draws War-Risk Warning With November Export Review in View

By EnergyReader Newsroom · August 3, 2026

A Bloomberg Odd Lots segment titled "The Tungsten Market Is Warning of an Upcoming War" drew attention to a peculiarity shared by few commodities of strategic importance: there is no futures contract for tungsten. The market has no clearing price, no open interest, no visible forward curve through which geopolitical stress normally registers.

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